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Lang, Andrew (Ed). The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans Green & Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 1st edition, 12mo, 321pp, frontis + full page line drawings and more in text by H J Ford, mustard boards lettered and illustrated gilt to spine; it's a 1st edition Jim but not as we know it - let's be clear about this, this copy borders on the awful, previous owner's name to half title, boards extensively soiled and worn about edges, extrems, spine hinges and tips, spine darkened to oblivion and a previous owner has attempted to clean it up with what may have been T-cut; not content with that he/she then went on to paint many of the illustrations in watercolour, not insensitively, but it might have been better if they hadn't really but there you are; however it does appear to be all there, and it does not disembowel itself into your lap every you open it. That's about all one can say really - it goes without saying this for some reason is one of the tough ones in the series; Poor/Fair Copy Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew, edited by. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894, London, 1894.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: First edition. xvi, 321, (2) pp. Publisher's original gilt-decorated yellow cloth. All edges gilt. Spine and boards darkened, dulled and marked. Lean to spine and wear to joints. Ink markings to prelims and foxing/marking throughout. With numerous full-page & in-text b&w illustrations by H. J. Ford. Plates complete. A well read copy. 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang.. The Yellow Fairy Book.. Longmans, Green and Co., London 1894, 1894.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Hardback. Octavo. xvi, 321pp. Original pale cloth with gilt spine titles and illustrations, all edges gilt, covers with slight wear and rubbing, light bump to top corner, somewhat faded and marked as usual, inner hinges starting, otherwise a used, complete, near very good copy. Ink inscription to half-title.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1894.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The spine is quite heavily faded with the lettering dulled, fraying at the top and bottom and there is a tear along the full length of the ride edge next to the front panel. The corners of the boards are bumped and rubbed with a little fraying to the bottom right corner of the front panel. The rear panel is a little discoloured with a few light stains. Page edges a little darkened. The original owner - H. Rider Haggard's daughter Angela Agnes has written her name in ink to the blank page following the half title page (where she has also written her initial A). The tissue paper over the title page is browned. The webbing can be seen at pages 66 and 154 and the binding is a little slack but secure enough. There is some spotting to pages 154 and 155 and at the front and back of the book. There are a few light spots and stains through the book but the pages are generally unmarked. Illustrated in black and white by H.J. Ford. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Price: US$173.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Classic Fairy Tales including: The Dragon of the North; The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son; The Blue Mountains; The Witch in the Stone Boat; The Magic Ring; Alphege or the Green Monkey, and many more. Well illustrated with many Full-Page and In-Text B&W illustrations. Title page has Vignette illus. of a Girl and a Witch. Frontispiece Illustration shows "The Swineherd takes Ten Kisses", protected by tissue guard. Yellow cloth cover, Illustrated in Gilt with a faded Gilt picture of an ascending angel on the front. Faded gilt lattering and picture of a cat on the spine. All page edges Gilt. Black endpapers. Title Page dated 1894. 321 Pages + publisher's advert, 620g, 7 1/4" Tall. Closed tear to cloth along left side of spine ( 6" long) ansd 3 small tears on right side ( about 1/22 long). Fading to cloth and gilt (see photos). Cloth worn on edge at fore corners ( only at tips on 3 corners.) Hinges sound. Text block binding fragile in the middle, cracked in a few places. No inscriptions. Small smudgy finger marks on several pages and a little lead pencil scribble on a few. Patch of browning on one paghe & illustration. Only an occasional spot of foxing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$288.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Andrew Lang's fourth colourful volume in his popular fairy book series, a first edition copy complete with the original H. J. Ford illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.The fourth book in Andrew Lang's popular 'Fairy Books' series.This yellow volumes contains stories mostly hailing from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen.Containing 'Thumbelina', 'How to tell a True Princess', 'The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus', 'Story of the Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Seven-Headed Serpent', 'The Six Swans', 'The Dragon of the North', and more. Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, cloth is a little discoloured and marked, as is usual to see with this volume. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in a little loss of cloth. Gilt to the spine and front board have faded. Front hinge is strained, rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally, binding is strained in places, with a few pages working loose. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Ink mark to the margin of the first few pages. Small part of the head of the half-title has been excised. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Andrew Lang. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$378.56 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Andrew Lang's sixth colourful volume in his popular fairy book series, a first edition copy complete with the original H. J. Ford illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.The fourth book in Andrew Lang's popular 'Fairy Books' series.This yellow volumes contains stories mostly hailing from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen.Containing 'Thumbelina', 'How to tell a True Princess', 'The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus', 'Story of the Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Seven-Headed Serpent', 'The Six Swans', 'The Dragon of the North', and more. Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, worn. Cloth is discoloured and faded, with some marks . Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional handling mark. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Lang, Andrew. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1894.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. 8vo, original gilt decorated yellow cloth, all edges gilt. 321 pages, plus 2 pages of publisher's ads at rear. Very good condition with Christmas, 1894 gift inscription on the half title, small stain at top edge of pages 239-249. Light shelf wear to front corners and spine ends.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew (ed.).. The Yellow Fairy Book.. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894, 1894.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Description: First edition. This fourth instalment in the Fairy Books series includes such well-known stories as Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "Thumbelina". Lang defends his practice of intermixing older legends with newer tales in the preface, which responds to criticisms made by the president of the Folklore Society. Henry Justice Ford's (1860-1941) artwork for the series "provided a benchmark in fantasy illustration" (Grolier). Though the Fairy Books are credited to Andrew Lang (1844-1912), he acknowledged in the preface to Lilac (1910) that they "have been almost wholly the work of Mrs [Leonora] Lang, who has translated and adapted them from the French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and other languages". Grolier Children's 100, 51. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered and stamped with cat motif in gilt, front cover elaborately blocked in gilt with a tall fairy figure in a sunlit forest setting, black coated endpapers, edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 21 engraved plates, further engravings in the text in text, all by H. J. Ford. Publisher's 2-page ads bound at end. Bookseller's ticket of Matthews and Brooke, Bradford, on front pastedown. Spine cocked, spot of wear to rear joint and lower corners, binding slightly rubbed and toned, occasional faint tide marks and foxing to contents. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: First edition of the fourth instalment in Lang's popular "Fairy Book" series, beautifully illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. The Yellow Fairy Book compiles tales from around the world, including well known stories such as "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "Thumbelina". An extremely prolific artist, Ford (18601941) began exhibiting his paintings at the Royal Academy of Art in 1892. It was his work as book illustrator, however, that gained him worldwide fame in the 1880s and 1890s. Ford "concentrated on legends and folklore as subjects to illustrate and mixed carefully observed objects from the real world with fantasy creatures from an imaginary world in a very convincing way. His penwork is assured and clear and placed on the page with great decorative effect. A whole generation of Edwardians grew up on Ford's illustrations to Andrew Lang's Fairy tales" (Houfe, p. 140). Simon Houfe, Dictionary of 19th Century Book Illustrators, 1998. Octavo (183 x 124 mm). Contemporary yellow half morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and floral decoration in compartments, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece, 21 plates, title vignette, and numerous in-text illustrations by H. J. Ford. Extremities lightly rubbed, minor marks to leather, edges foxed, contents generally bright and clean. A very good copy, attractively bound.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
LANG, Andrew. The Yellow fairy book. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894.
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1894 1ed Yellow Fairy Book Andrew Lang Thumbelina Emperors New Clothes Andersen Once upon a time Andrew Langs Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of colors. The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction all of which feature impressive illustrations throughout. The Yellow Fairy Book features a collection of tales from all over the world including works of Hans Christian Andersens Thumbelina and The Emperors New Clothes. Item number: #16547 Price: $599 LANG, Andrew The Yellow fairy book London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages xvi, 321, [3] Including 22 full-page engravings as well as many in text illustrations of H.J. Ford Provenance: Handwritten Esther Blaikie MacKinnon, 1895 Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (18851934) was a Scottish artist, who was known for her paintings and engravings. During her career, MacKinnon worked with a variety of media including paint, dry point, etchings, and black and white drawings. Her work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Royal Academy, and the Society of Women Artists within her lifetime. Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure Decorative yellow cloth Size: ~7.25in X 5.25in (18.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 16547 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xvi, 321 pp. + frontispiece and 21 plates. Hardcover, bound in later gilt tooled morocco over marbled boards with Henry Sotheran Ltd. label on the fly leaf. Some edge-wear, binding solid and attractive. Light foxing to the preliminary and end leaves with the occasional blemish elsewhere.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
LANG, Andrew (ed.). The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, London, 1894.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. Handsomely rebound in full dark mustard yellow morocco with gilt decorative spine (slightly sun-darkened); marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 321 pages. Small 8vo. London & New York: Longmans, Green, 1894. First Edition. A near fine copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Andrew Lang. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1894.
Price: US$763.54 + shipping
Description: The first edition of The Yellow Fairy Book, the fourth in Lang's influential series of fairy tales. With a leaf of advertisements to the rear. The first edition, first impression with no further editions stated. With a frontispiece twenty one monochrome plates and numerous vignette illustrations. Collated complete. Bookplate of one George Stacey Albright to front pastedown. This yellow volume contains stories mostly hailing from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen. Containing 'Thumbelina', 'How to tell a True Princess', 'The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus', 'Story of the Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Seven-Headed Serpent', 'The Six Swans', 'The Dragon of the North', and more. Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, a noted English illustrator who is best known for his beautiful illustrations for Lang's works. In the original decorative blind stamped yellow cloth. Externally smart with bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine, resulting in some slight loss to the cloth. Marks to the boards, as is common with yellow cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Contemporary ink inscription to half title. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xvi, 321pp, 2pp publishers adverts at end. Illustrated with frontis and 22 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated yellow cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and spine, which is also lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Black coated endpapers. A bright, clean better than very good copy internally. A nice tight copy with a very good binding showing some stains to the cloth but the gilt still vibrant and sharp. A superior copy of the fourth of Lang's colour Fairy books.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
edited by Andrew Lang. The Yellow Fairy Book. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$997.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of The Yellow Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford. Finely rebound in Bath, England. Yellow polished leather over boards with gilded double rule borders, five slightly raised bands to spine, red and green labels, gilding all over. All edges finely gilt. Marbled end papers. Original covers bound in at the rear including front, spine, and rear covers. Solid and square binding. The interior is remarkably clean and clear. Pages:(16) 321 (adverts) Dimensions:7¼ x 5 x 1¼.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.